SERA Architects

SERA Architects is an American architectural firm headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with a second office in San Mateo, California.[1] It is the fifth largest architecture firm in Portland, offering architectural, interior design, and urban design and planning services.[2] Founded in Portland in 1968 by Architect Bing Sheldon, who led the Portland Downtown Plan to revitalize the city’s urban core, the firm’s early work focused on historic renovations and adaptive reuse projects.[3][4] In 2015, SERA opened a second office in Mountain View, California.[5]

SERA Architects, Inc.
TypePrivate, Incorporation (business)
Employee stock ownership plan
IndustryArchitecture, Interior design and Urban planning
Founded1968
FoundersBing Sheldon
HeadquartersFormer Minnesota Hotel,
Portland, Oregon,
United States
45°31′32.4″N 122°40′31.2″W
Revenue$23.7 million[1]
Number of employees
130[1]
Websitewww.seradesign.com

The firm is known for its research and implementation of sustainable design.[6][7][8] In 2014 and 2015, two of its projects were named among the top ten greenest in the U.S. by the American Institute of Architects.[9][10] Another notably green project of SERA’s includes the Oregon Sustainability Center - a joint venture with GBD Architects, which was proposed as Portland’s first large-scale Zero-energy building.

Works
The Edith Green – Wendell Wyatt Federal Building in 2014, following an extensive redesign and renovation.

References
  1. "Hoover's". Sera Architects, Inc. Company Profile from Hoover's. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  2. "List Leaders: Meet Portland's 10 largest architecture firms". Portland Business Journal. June 12, 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  3. "INVESTING IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD: BING SHELDON". Oregon Daily Journal of Commerce. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  4. "Bing Sheldon, founder of SERA Architects, receives 2014 Portland First Citizen Award: Oregon industry notes". The Oregonian. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  5. "Portland's SERA Architects to open Silicon Valley outpost". The Oregonian. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  6. Robin, Guenther (2013). Sustainable Healthcare Architecture (Wiley Series in Sustainable Design). Wiley. ISBN 978-1118086827.
  7. Lisa, Gelfand (2011). Sustainable Renovation: Strategies for Commercial Building Systems and Envelope. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0470872611.
  8. Vidar, Lerum (2016). Sustainable Building Design: Learning from Nineteenth-century Innovations. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-84073-6.
  9. Logan, Ward (29 April 2014). "2014 AIA COTE Top Ten Winner: Edith Green Wendell Wyatt Federal Building Modernization". EcoBuilding Pulse magazine. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  10. Brian, Meloche (16 April 2015). "2015 AIA COTE Top 10: Collaborative Life Sciences Building". Architect magazine. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
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